The Standard Model is the term given to our representation of the structure of the atom. We understand that the atom is comprised of a nucleus composed of finer particles called neutrons and protons which have a neutral and positive…
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“My Two Cents” I’d like to speak of the thing that has’nt been talked about in this topic.It is apparent to me that just as everything in nature has its own resonant frequency so does salt water. When it is…
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Mood rings are rings that show different colors and those colors correspond to the certain emotion you are feeling, or so people say. In the 1970s, they were all the rage. They were invented by Joshua Reynolds and these rings…
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Chemical weapons fall into four general categories: choking agents, blistering agents, blood agents, and organophosphate nerve agents. Choking agents, which were extensively employed during World War I, are gasses like chlorine and phosgene. In today’s world, these agents really are…
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The story of the atom begins over two thousand years ago in ancient Greece, when the philosopher Democritus first postulated that matter is made up of fundamental building blocks that cannot be split apart. He called these blocks “atoms”, which…
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Ever since I was a kid, which I still am, whenever I got sick, my mom would always give me either Pepto-Bismol of a mixture of baking soda and warm water. Until a few months ago I never thought much…
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Would someone like NASA try to make contact with Aliens if it was a 100% nonsensical thing to do? Or our great late astronomer and physicist, Dr Carl Sagan, make such a fool of his own son, by allowing his…
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Atoms are composed of three basic subatomic particles. The proton, neutron, and electron. I think of etymology when I have to learn new science terms. The etymology of proton is like “pro” or “for”, like if you’re “pro” on a…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is the most prestigious worldwide award for work in chemistry. It is one of the original five annual prizes provided for in the will of Swedish manufacturer Alfred Nobel, and has been awarded by the…
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The French chemist Charles Thilorier first recorded frozen carbon dioxide, also known as dry ice or card ice, in 1834. Thilorier observed the formation of frozen carbon dioxide when he opened a container of liquid carbon dioxide, which boiled away…
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